How to Reduce the Size of PDF Files Effectively

This guide explains how to reduce the Size of PDF Files Effectively, with clear steps, practical tips, and important checks before you begin.

1. Compress the PDF file with Free PDF Compressor software

Free PDF Compressor is a very fast PDF file compression software, suitable for those who often need to compress files. The advantage of this software is that it is lightweight and easy to use interface, it can reduce the file size down from 40 to 60% compared to the original file.

You can download and install the Free PDF Compressor software here:

http://www. freepdfcompressor. com/

Step 1: After downloading and installing the application, run the application. In the PDF File section, click Browse to select the PDF file to be compressed. In the Output File section, click Save As to select the folder to save the PDF file after compression. If you leave it alone, the compressed file will be in the same folder as the original PDF file.

Next in the Settings section you choose one of the following image compression criteria:

• Screen : Low resolution, low quality, 72dpi image resolution.
• eBook : Medium resolution, low quality, 150dpi image resolution.
• Printer : High quality, 300dpi image resolution.
• Prepress : High resolution, color stays the same, 300dpi photo resolution.
• Default : Widely used, large output file size.

The more the capacity decreases, the lower the quality, you choose so that reasonable.

Step 2 : After selecting you press Compress to conduct file compression, after successful compression will have the message as shown below:

Open the folder containing the compressed file, we can see the compressed file size is significantly reduced.

2. Compress the PDF file with SmallPDF online tool

With this tool we can compress PDF files quickly and conveniently without installing additional software on the computer, but requires your computer to have an internet connection.

To compress the PDF file online, please access the following link:

https://smallpdf. com/en/compress-pdf

Step 1 : After accessing the link, at the interface of the website, click Select file or drag and drop the PDF file from your folder into the red frame to upload the compressed PDF file from your computer to the website.

Step 2: Wait a while for the file to be uploaded and automatically compressed, fast or slow depending on the network speed and the size of your file.

After compressing the file successfully, there will be notice how much the PDF file will be reduced. You can click Download files now to download to your computer or you can also save to Dropbox or Google Drive.

You can see the PDF file is being reduced significantly from 16Mb to 10Mb.

In addition to SmallPDF online tool, you can use some other online tools such as ilovepdf. com, pdfio. co. etc. Usage is similar to SmallPDF.

Above is an article on how to reduce the size of PDF files, compress PDF files. Hope you will find the article useful. Good luck!